Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/127 of 3 February 2021 setting the requirements for the introduction into the Union territory of wood packaging material for the transport of certain commodities originating in certain third countries and for plant health checks on such material, and repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1137
(1) "wood packaging material" means any wood product in the form of packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars, dunnage, whether or not actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds; raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less, processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof, and dunnage supporting consignments of wood, which is constructed from wood of the same type and quality as the wood in the consignment, are excluded; (2) "specified commodities" means commodities that fulfil all of the following: (a) they originate in the third countries listed in the Annex; (b) until at least the border control post of first arrival, they are supported by, protected by or carried in wood packaging material; (c) they have the respective Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes, and the respective descriptions laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 ).
(1) the competent authorities or operators which are responsible for the introduction of the wood packaging material concerned or which are aware of the arrival thereof into the Union territory, notify in advance to the competent authority of the border control post of first arrival that the wood packaging material concerned will be introduced into the Union territory; (2) the plant health checks provided for in point (a) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation show that the wood packaging material concerned meets the requirements of points (a) and (b) of Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.
(a) conduct plant health checks, on a regular basis, on wood packaging material of consignments of the specified commodities at one of the following: (i) the border control post of first arrival into the Union territory; (ii) control points referred to in point (a) of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
(b) define the rate of plant health checks provided for in point (a) of this paragraph.
(a) under customs supervision pursuant to Article 134 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; and (b) under supervision by the competent authority.
| Description of the commodity | Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes or TARIC codes | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|
| Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape | Belarus, China, India | |
| Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2,5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape | Belarus, China, India | |
| Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | Belarus, China, India | |
| Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms | Belarus, China, India | |
| Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excluding containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport) | Belarus, China, India | |
| Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (excluding slate) | Belarus, China, India | |
| Worked monumental or building stone (excluding slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading | Belarus, China, India | |
| Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate (excluding slate granules, chippings and powder, mosaic cubes and the like, slate pencils, and ready-to-use slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces) | Belarus, China, India | |
| Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing (excluding of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, refractory goods, tiles specially adapted as table mats, ornamental articles and tiles specifically manufactured for stoves) | Belarus, China, India | |
| Aluminium plates, sheets and strip | Belarus, China, India |